Gordon Graydon Memorial Secondary School - Gremlin Yearbook (Mississauga, Ontario Canada)

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TRAVIS SMITH MIGUEL TEIXEIRA SHANE TIPPLE PEGGY TUCKER TRACY WHITE

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IAN McLEOD TERRY McPHEE WILLIAM METCALFE SIMON MONIZ MATTHEW ORESKOVICH ANGELA FEZ DARRYL PIERCE YOLANDA PILOTTO DENISE REEDISK MARK SEGRE DENISH SINGH CHARMAINE SMITH

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VALEDICTORY ADDRESS - 1987 Guests, parents and friends, principal and staff, fellow graduates and students of Graydon, good evening. When I set about writing this speech, to tell you quite honestly, I encountered great difficulties. How can one express in a few words the emotions and experiences of f ive years? To overcome this difficulty, one afternoon I tried to put my emotions of the past into words, and what I came up with is a poem which I wish to share with you this evening: REFLECTIONS OF A TIME GONE BY Just as the wind blows the seeds of spring into the forests of summer. So too, time and space have drifted us apart. Yet each of us, now climbing our separate mountains, Carries the green and gold of our common ancestry. In the quiet moments of the day. Recollections of a time past Blossom in sweet remembrance. Lingering for but a moment. Only to fade into the depths of the mind. Books alone could not have taught us all we know: Love, compassion, friendship, trust ... This is the fruit of the golden tree from whence we came; It is the lasting fruit Which will nourish us through decades. And which will bring us together again one day. And indeed, we have been brought together again this evening to share memories of our years here at Graydon. It seems like only yesterday when we took our first steps into the world of High School, those days when Graydon seemed to be such a big and confusing place. Yet the school seemed to shrink, and soon it was a place that we could call our home away from home. Naturally, the highlight of our introductory year was Niner-Minor Day, a day when the smiling grade thirteens plot to take their revenge on the irmocent minors, humiliating and embarrassing them, all in the name of good, clean fim. Fortunately, for us, however, the days of Kangaroo court and marshmallow marathons were abolished. Looking back, I ' m sure that the football player who spent niner-minor day wearing a skimpy dress is much happier than his predecessor, who spent his day running around the football field with marshmallows under his arms, and a raw egg in his mouth. Today, niner-minor day has evolved into a day of fun and games, where the grade nines are made to feel as if they are a part of the large community of students that make up Graydon. This perhaps, reflects the spirit of Graydon - the feeling of comradeship and unity which is seen both in the staff, and in the students at Graydon.